One of the highlights of the trip: Thank you, Hertz.

The service was excellent, and the explanations were clear.

The service attitude is extremely poor. They get upset if you don't purchase additional services, give you a cold attitude, and speak so softly it's hard to hear. They also don't repeat what they say. Very bad experience!

The service provided by the car rental platform is extremely frustrating. When I encountered a problem picking up the car, I couldn't effectively negotiate with the local store and had to consult with the car rental company's headquarters, which takes 20 working days! It's hard to imagine how helpless a tourist feels when they can't pick up their car in a foreign country while the platform does nothing! Nearly 10 days have passed, and the platform has not proactively contacted me, provided any solutions, or given any updates, constantly avoiding the issue. Everyone needs to pay attention to which stores accept UnionPay cards when booking a car. However, the platform now sets it so that UnionPay cards are not accepted, avoiding their responsibility for not understanding the store's services. To avoid losses, make sure to call the store in advance to confirm. Based on my personal experience, at the San Francisco airport rental hall, Hertz, Dollar, and Thrifty accept UnionPay cards, and their services are excellent. Be cautious about booking with Sixt; they do not accept UnionPay cards and deliberately list many low-priced models without insurance to attract customers. In California, you cannot drive without third-party liability insurance, and the store will force you to purchase it for an extra $20+ per day. I strongly condemn such unscrupulous practices by Sixt. Hertz's service is very professional, but the compact car group is not very practical. I intended to book a Ford Focus or Toyota Corolla but ended up with a Honda Brio. I had to upgrade to a Camry for an additional cost, which was quite surprising as the Camry was very new, with less than 3000 miles, and felt like a high-end car. In the future, renting from the mid-to-large car group seems more reliable.

The car was booked for 9am. When we arrived there was a long lineup of people waiting to pickup their car. When we finally got to the counter, the lady said it was going to be another 2 hours before we could have the car. We had people waiting at multiple locations and a long drive ahead that we wanted to reach before dark. So we went out of our way to rearrange transportation to bring everyone to the Hertz location, at additional expense to us. Then the car was ready after approximately an hour which meant trying to find people mid transportation to the pick-up location. After getting the keys to the car, we were told that we needed to walk multiple blocks to get our car with our luggage and a member of our team with walking issues. Not impressed.

Like: I’ve had bad experiences with car rentals before, but no hassle with Hertz about any minor scratches that were there before (which was my experience with another company). The vehicle we got was more car than we registered for—a Chevy Tahoe instead of a Pathfinder, which worked out better for us anyway. The car was clean, new and lots of features, and perfect for hauling the big group we had.
Dislike: The distance from the kiosk to the rental pickup was a bit far away—which was okay, but we didn’t walk around the car together, at least at this airport rental office.